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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Item 22 has 'Do not know' crossed out, replaced with '$60,000'
- Item 14 has text crossed out, possibly '$10000' or similar, replaced with '$100,000'
- Signature block contains 'owner' circled.
Form header
- Running number
- 882
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 4, Port of Boston, Mass.
- Received
- TREASURY DEPARTMENT U.S. Coast Guard Mail Division RECEIVED NOV 15 1919 · 15 Nov 1919
- PORT OF BOSTON
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D NOV 17 1919 By H.S'D · 17 Nov 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Eureka · Steam Lighter
- 6 · Official number
- 210334
- 3 · Tonnage
- 471 Gross. 306 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1912
- 5 · Port registered
- Boston.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt Andrew Clausen Medford
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Boston Sand & Gravel Co. 88 Broad St Boston
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Wed. AM. 2.30 - Nov. 13. 1918
- 24 · Locality
- near Castle Island, Boston Harbor.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Boston. → Scituate Mass.
- 27 · Weather
- light schooner almost becalmed,
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, twelve crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
collision - Boston Schooner - "Josephine M. Costa"
26 · Cause, as written
unable to see boat or lights
Signature
- Signed by
- E. L. Tame · owner
- Company or by
- Baton Sand & Gravel Co. by
- Date signed
- Nov 13, 1919
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- Wed. AM. 2.30 - Nov. 13. 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Wooden - Steam Lighter "Eureka"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 471 Gross. 306 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1912
- 5 · Port registered
- Boston.
- 6 · Official number
- 210334
- 7 · Master and residence
- Capt Andrew Clausen Medford
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Boston Sand & Gravel Co. 88 Broad St Boston
- 9 · Sailed from
- Boston.
- 10 · Bound for
- Scituate Mass.
- 11 · Passengers
- none.
- 12 · Crew
- twelve
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- none
- 16 · Cargo
- none
- 17 · Deck load
- none
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- none
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $750-
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- none
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Do not know $60,000
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- none
- 24 · Locality
- near Castle Island, Boston Harbor.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- collision - Boston Schooner - "Josephine M. Costa"
- 26 · Cause
- unable to see boat or lights
- 27 · Weather
- light schooner almost becalmed,
- 28 · Measures taken
- no time to take any action to avoid collision.
- 29 · Assistance
- none
- 30 · Remarks
- —